Burning Down George Orwell's House (Paperback)

from TheAmpersand

A successful adman whose campaigns have changed society for the worse suffers a midlife crisis and takes refuge in the Inner Hebrides where he drinks copious amounts of high-quality whiskey and tries to get his life back in order. "Burning Down George Orwell's House" doesn't work for a number of ...

from viviennestrauss

Fun read but could have been better, all the talk of scotch whiskey was beyond tedious.

from gmmartz

I loved this little gem of a book by Andrew Ervin. It's based on a couple places with which I'm familiar, Chicago and a Scottish island in the Hebrides, and the story is by turns funny, sad, and fantastic. It's pretty simple. A young Chicago advertising guy is living the yuppie lifestyle, but is ...

from ShannonRose4

“Pouring a glass of whisky felt less like the right thing to do and more like the only thing to do (124). In this fast-paced detour of a novel, Ray embraces the dream adventure to discover what it would be like to live on an island with no one around on a completely different level; moving to the...

from ShannonRose4

“Pouring a glass of whisky felt less like the right thing to do and more like the only thing to do (124). In this fast-paced detour of a novel, Ray embraces the dream adventure to discover what it would be like to live on an island with no one around on a completely different level; moving to the...